[foundation-board] Fwd: Grant was approved!

Thu Jul 14 08:43:49 UTC 2016

That is wonderful - so thrilled.  Also, so plsed that Hewlett have
(seemingly from the email) behaved like a true partner in moving the
application along.

Thanks for letting us know, HT

On 14 July 2016 at 09:14, Jane Silber <jane.silber at canonical.com> wrote:

> Excellent news!  Well done!
>
> best
> Jane
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>
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> On 13/07/16 22:35, Pavel Richter wrote:
>
> Dear Members of the Board,
>
> Some good news at the end of this day: the board of the Hewlett Foundation
> on Monday approved our grant request of 500. 000 USD for the next 16
> months!!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Pavel Richter
> CEO
> Open Knowledge
>
> Send from my mobile phone
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "David Sasaki" <DSasaki at hewlett.org>
> Date: Jul 13, 2016 22:20
> Subject: Grant was approved!
> To: "Pavel Richter" <pavel.richter at okfn.org>
> Cc: "Naomi Lillie" <naomi.lillie at okfn.org>, "franka.vaughan at okfn.org" <
> franka.vaughan at okfn.org>, "Christina Preston" <CPreston at hewlett.org>
>
> Dear Pavel,
>>
>> Congratulations, the grant to OKI was approved by our board this week. As
>> you know, we won’t be able to send our the first payment until we receive
>> and approve the final narrative and financial reports for the last grant. I
>> will be on vacation from July 21 - 29, and I’ll do my best to approve the
>> report as quickly as possible upon my return in August.
>>
>> Pavel, it’s been a pleasure working with you and the OKI team on this
>> proposal — I’m grateful for your patience and time throughout. Editing and
>> commenting on the proposal via Google Docs was a helpful experience, and
>> I’ll encourage more grantees to follow your lead in the future.
>>
>> Don’t hesitate to reach out to Christina and myself with any questions.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> David
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